Russia Lanscape photos, very beautyful!!!

For centuries the world has wondered what to believe about Russia. The country has been reported variously as a land of unbelievable riches and indescribable poverty, cruel tyrants and great minds, generous hospitality and meddlesome bureaucracy, beautiful ballets and industrial monstrosities, pious faith and unbridled hedonism. These eternal Russian truths coexist in equally diverse landscapes of icy tundra and sun-kissed beaches, dense silver birch and fir forests and deep and mysterious lakes, snow-capped mountains and swaying grasslands – those famous steppes. Factor in ancient fortresses, luxurious palaces, swirly spired churches and lost-in-time wooden villages and you’ll begin to see why Russia is simply amazing.To get the most from Russia, head way off the beaten track. After taking in old favourites such as dynamic Moscow, historic St Petersburg and beautiful Lake Baikal, dive further and deeper into the largest country in the world. Visit the soft, golden sands of the old Prussian resort of Kranz, now known as Zelenogradsk in the far western Kaliningrad Region; the charming Volga river village of Gorodets, home to folk artists and honey-cake bakers; fascinating Elista, Europe’s sole Buddhist enclave and location of the wacky Chess City; the 400-year-old mausoleums of Dargavs, a North Ossetian ‘city of the dead’; or the hot springs of Kamchatka’s Nalychevo Valley in the Russian Far East.Russia’s vast geographical distances and cultural differences mean you don’t tick off its highlights in the way you might those of a smaller country; the Russian Far East, for example, is the size of Europe. A more sensible approach is to view Russia as a collection of countries, each one deserving exploration. Rather than transiting via Moscow, consider flying direct to a regional centre such as Irkutsk to have an Eastern Siberian vacation, or to Yekaterinburg to explore the Urals mountain range.If cultural and architectural highlights are what you’re after, stick to European Russia, which is all of the country west of the Urals. If you don’t mind occasionally roughing it and are in search of Russia’s great outdoors, train your eye on the vast spaces of Siberia and the Far East. Alternatively, boost your adrenaline on the country’s top ski resorts and raft-friendly rivers. 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Express to Russia has reviewed several policies and selected the ones that we believe are best suited to the needs of travelers coming to Russia.If you are going travelling to Russia soon, you will need to start thinking about your travel insurance. Insurance can financially protect you against problems that occur whilst travelling and can help you to focus on enjoying your trip. The cost of medical treatment abroad can often run into the thousands and losing a prized possession can spoil an otherwise pleasant trip.With a travel insurance policy from InsureandGo you can get comprehensive cover for medical expenses and personal baggage for a low, affordable price. Our policies also cover a number of different eventualities such as personal accident, legal expenses and cancellation, meaning that you get superb peace of mind.With a number of policies to choose from, you can be sure that InsureandGo has a policy to suit you. There’s our Single Trip policy which is perfect for the one-off trip, our Annual Multi-trip policy that can save you money if you travel often, as well as trips for Business, Winter Sports and the over 65s.Our policies come with a number of different destination regions including, for example, Europe and Worldwide excluding USA and Canada. If you are travelling to Russia it can be tricky to know which destination you would need to select for you policy, as Russia falls into two different categories. If you are travelling west of the Ural Mountains you can be covered on our European policies, and if you will be travelling east of the Ural Mountains, your policy will need to be worldwide excluding USA and Canada.